Old-Salt

War Hero

Firefox my arrse, works fine in Internet Explorer. They did a good job, like the way they had fire extinguishers out as per the book. Dropped off a transporter?? Wonder how that happened?? Dodgy tillers??

Old-Salt

quick update - I was Interrogating my mate(in the pub) the low loaders were civvies who had parked on a slight incline. There were two 432s to collect, Because SENTA not having a Washdown point the 432s were quite muddy. The first 432 that drove on slipped partially off the trailer the driver been able to drive offf the back with one track on the trailer and one on the roadside however the second 432 dropped straight onto its side....

A recce Mech commented to my mate 'these 432 drivers are just kids, I would not trust em to drive a shopping trolley let alone 17 tonnes of AFV!'

GCM

Apart from the one on all the news channels when a CR2 fell off the auto levelling trailer behind an Oshkosh 10 mins before the presentation of the wonderful PFI to gen'rals and ministers. I suppose that was the civvies in FTRS to drive what you lot couldn't anymore.

War Hero

LE

Apparently, the ASM told the Recce Mechs to check underneath every vehicle to see if they could find his rifle. Not wanting to get down on their belt buckles and get their kit dirty, they opted to flip the panzers onto their sides to do a thorough search for the said rifle.

LE

Rumour has it that this was the same civvy contractor who had a couple of AFVs fall off a semi trailer on the M1,killing some people in cars.Apparently Police/CPS/VOSA etc are still discussing that,and the Army have not got their vehicles back yet!!

Apart from the one on all the news channels when a CR2 fell off the auto levelling trailer behind an Oshkosh 10 mins before the presentation of the wonderful PFI to gen'rals and ministers. I suppose that was the civvies in FTRS to drive what you lot couldn't anymore.

According to my sources that was 19 Tk Tptr Sqn in Bulford and military drivers. The suspension failed on one side of the trailer tipping the CH2 off. It was a dress rehearsal for the display which was to happen the following day. As regards to putting sponsored reserves into the job, watch out, as it may be the first of many trades and jobs to go this way in the name of saving a few quid.